Improved buckle



' dinard time VNOAH DICE,OF XENIA, INDIANA.

Letters Patent N 98,572

, dated January 4, 1870.

VIMPROVED BUCKLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mking part of theSame- To,allwhom tit may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH DICE, of Xenia, in the county of' Miami, andState of Indiana, have invented an Improved Buckle; and I do herebydeclare that the tbllowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is atop view,

Figure 2 is a bot-tom vien', and

Figure 3 is a section on line x :1: of fig l.

The same letters are used to designate identical parts in the severalfigures.

My invention relates to a buckle, more particularly designed to be usedon stirrup-straps, to lengthen o1 shorten the same; and

My improvement consists in the construction ,of its frame, and thearrangement of the tongue therein, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, in the drawings, represents the frame of a buckle, made of cast-ironor other suitable material, and consist-ing of a rectangular piece ofmetal, of suficient thickness to have a groove, al, forme-d in its uppersurface, wherein the tongue is t-o be placed. l

Io make the lramc as light as possible, its sides` and one end arebevelled, as shown in figs. 1 and 3, leaving its upper surfacejustAvide/enough for-the groove or recess.

Upon its under surface it is provided with strips, a' a', running lalongits sides, and loops, A1, formed by cross-bars extending across fromstrip to strip, as shown in fig. 2, all `cast in one piece with theframe.

A2 is another loop, formed 'upon one end, for the purpose of' receivingthat end ot' the stra-p which'is to be permanently secured to it. Y

B represents the tongue, provided with a pmor stud, B', at one end. Itis to' be formed as shown '1n fig. 3, so that when it is placed in therecess and plvoted in the frame,'it can be held by th action of thespring C, insuch a position that its upper surfaceis `flush with theupper surface of the frame A, and its stud projects through aperforation therein, a sntiicient distance to penetrate a strap to beconfined in the device.

By depressing the end laying upony the spring, the stud is retracted soas to release the stra-p.. l

llle tongue is of nearly the samelength and Width as the recess a, so asto entirely cover the same.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The buckle herein described, consisting of the frame A, tongue B, andspring C, all constructed and arranged with reference to one another, asset forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specitication, inthe presence of two subscribing GEORGE DARE.

